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Chiefs revise GH¢300 fine on men who impregnate teenagers

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  • 20/20 7 years ago

    Most of the time, you listen to our so called elders and you realize why Africa is devoid of progress. These same elders will tell poor couples to have kids because god takes care of children. Education, planning and chiefs w ...
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  • KOFI AKYEM 7 years ago

    YES CHIEFS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE POWERS TO RULE THEIR AREAS ,BETTER THAN THAN THE LAW COURT. EARLIER DAYS IN OUR VILLAGES MEN ARE AFRAID OF CHIEFS.

  • John Ghanaba 7 years ago

    Kofi you are wrong because unscrupulous or misguided chiefs will not dispense justice properly, consequently their powers should be strictly limited and brought under scrutiny subject to state laws.

  • Anane 7 years ago

    No power needed just teach your daughter safe sex practice

  • A Concerned Citizen 7 years ago

    GHC300 is too small for such crime. They should be charged GHC1000. The teenagers should be careful too.

  • NO WONDER 7 years ago

    IS THERE A CRIMINAL LAW FOR DISREGARD OF THIS ACT? SO WHICH REIGNS SUPREME, CHIEF'S BYE-LAW OR STATE'S CRIMINAL LAW? PLEASE HELP.

  • Yellow man 7 years ago

    Why put these poor teenagers through this embarrassment by showing their faces on social media?Show the men who fucked these young girls and impregnated them.Why should the female always be blamed when things like these happ ...
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  • Ekow Samuel 7 years ago

    300gh cidis inclulding the 6 mounths of impressionment to let them fear for doing that and it must to be done to save the teenagers for not termpting them to becomes pregnancy,God bless you oman ghana.

  • BOSUGLO YAN 7 years ago

    Great move.

  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    Ghana is a complete joke! Where in the 1992 Constitution is power vested in the parasitic chiefs to enforce the laws of the land? This is a country where any idiot or buffoon can act on his own whims and get away with it, and ...
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  • Kingsford, Chicago, USA 7 years ago

    Kofi Akyem: I

  • Kingsford, Chicago, USA 7 years ago

    Kofi Akyem I don't know if u come from the Akyem area but if u take your case to the chiefs palace at Akyem Old Tafo, you will never step in a chiefs palace the whole of your life.Filing fees alone is disgusting.

  • FUNNY PRESIDENT 7 years ago

    They should FINE doctors,nurses n those who know how to do abortion when caught.

  • Jt 7 years ago

    They must contribute. They all plan it and shared the sensation, therefore must share the cost.